2005 Conference USA Tournament

The 2005 Conference USA baseball tournament was held at Pete Taylor Park in Hattiesburg, MS. The championship game was cancelled due to weather #1 Tulane University and #2 Texas Christian University were declared co-champions. Nathan Southard of Tulane was named MVP.

Participating Teams

Seed	School	Conf. Record	Head Coach
1	Tulane University	24-6	Rick Jones
2	Texas Christian University	20-10	Jim Schlossnagle
3	University of Southern Mississippi	20-10	Corky Palmer
4	East Carolina University	18-12	Randy Mazey
5	University of Houston	16-13	Rayner Noble
6	University of South Florida	15-14	Eddie Cardieri
7	University of Louisville	15-14	Lelo Prado
8	University of Alabama at Birmingham	14-16	Larry Giangrosso

Results

Bracket

	First round					Second round					Semifinals						Finals
	1	Tulane	8
	8	UAB	6
						1	Tulane	16
						4	East Carolina	3
	4	East Carolina	6
	5	Houston	5
											1	Tulane	10	x
										5	Houston	1	x
	8	UAB	5
	5	Houston	7
						4	East Carolina	4
						5	Houston	6
																1	Tulane	rain	x	x
																2	TCU	rain	x	x
	2	TCU	4
	7	Louisville	2
						2	TCU	8
						3	Southern Miss	0
	3	Southern Miss	5
	6	South Florida	3
											2	TCU	13	x
										3	Southern Miss	7	x
	7	Louisville	1
	6	South Florida	11
						3	Southern Miss	9
						6	South Florida	3

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
May 25
Game 1	East Carolina University	6-5	University of Houston
Game 2	Tulane University	8-6	University of Alabama at Birmingham
Game 3	Texas Christian University	4-2	University of Louisville
Game 4	University of Southern Mississippi	5-3	University of South Florida
May 26
Game 5	University of Houston	7-5	University of Alabama at Birmingham	UAB eliminated
Game 6	University of South Florida	11-1	University of Louisville	Louisville eliminated
Game 7	Tulane University	16-3	East Carolina University
Game 8	Texas Christian University	8-0	University of Southern Mississippi
May 27
Game 9	University of Houston	6-4	East Carolina University	East Carolina eliminated
Game 10	University of Southern Mississippi	9-3	University of South Florida	South Florida eliminated
May 28
Game 11	Tulane University	10-1	University of Houston	Houston eliminated
Game 12	Texas Christian University	13-7	University of Southern Mississippi	Southern Mississippi eliminated

All-Tournament Team

• C Brian Baisley, USF
• IF Brad Emaus, Tulane
• IF Chad Huffman, TCU
• IF Dustin Kingsbury, Houston
• IF Trey Sutton, Southern Miss
• OF Keith Conlon, TCU
• OF Jason Lowery, Southern Miss
• OF Nathan Southard, Tulane
• DH Mike Grace, East Carolina
• P Brian Bogusevic, Tulane
• P Lance Broadway, TCU
• P Sam Demel, TCU
• P Micah Owings, Tulane